“ We have art in order not to die of the truth. ”

“ Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it. ”

“ In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad. ”

“ To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience ultimately one must have one's experiences in common. ”

“ The future influences the present just as much as the past. ”

“ The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself are the will to power - and nothing else! ”

“ In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point. ”

“ There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion. ”

“ It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters. ”

“ Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind. ”